Regulators on Wednesday awarded Pennsylvania’s first sports betting licenses to two casinos, although the casinos have other requirements to meet that could take a couple months. The owners of Parx Casino plan to offer sports betting through the suburban Philadelphia casino and racetrack and at an off-track betting parlor in Philadelphia. Penn National Gaming applied for the Hollywood Casino and racetrack it owns near Hershey.
Pennsylvania Poised To Start Sports Betting
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania is closer to becoming the sixth state with sports betting.
Regulators on Wednesday awarded Pennsylvania’s first sports betting licenses to two casinos, although the casinos have other requirements to meet that could take a couple months.
The owners of Parx Casino plan to offer sports betting through the suburban Philadelphia casino and racetrack and at an off-track betting parlor in Philadelphia. Penn National Gaming applied for the Hollywood Casino and racetrack it owns near Hershey.
Owners of Pennsylvania’s 12 casinos can pay a $10 million fee to operate sports betting. Three others — including the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh’s North Shore — applied for licenses subsequent to the Parx and Hollywood casinos, and an Oct. 31 meeting is the earliest that the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will take action on those.
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